virgo virgo

So all my life I haven't been much into horoscopes or astrology. I mean I've read my horoscopes out of curiosity but never truly thought much of them.

Well, that was then and this is now. I'm not saying I believe every word of it or base my thoughts and actions daily on them, but I've found that my horoscopes as of late have been very helpful. I go check my horoscope like I'm going to an old wise Chinese great grandmother for advice. Lately, more often than not, my horoscope has been pretty accurate in addressing problems I've been facing and then having the best solutions for them. Maybe I am becoming a crystal believing, look to the stars nut but I can't help but find so much comfort in astrology these days.

Here's an example of one that I really needed to read that day...


VIRGO Jul, 15, 2010
Your life may be an open book right now, Virgo. Whether you realize it or not, your emotions and inner turmoil over a certain issue are totally transparent. That doesn't mean you have to confirm anyone's suspicions about your feelings by addressing the problem verbally as well. It's best to let someone guess. Don't worry about an accusation, or about someone's lack of confidence in you. If you simply roll with the punches and be conscientious in all that you do - as is your usual way - the truth will come out when it counts.

Well there you have it folks, the power of the Droid apps and a 50 something year old woman who has a nurturing imagination.
Am I the only one who's crazy?

the washboard

Hello again. Man I've gotten so bad at writing in this which makes me so sad because I love it.
I feel like so much has been going on that I wanted to write about but my mind is all staticky right now.
(Yes staticky is a word- I looked it up I promise.)

First order of business: I finally have a place in salt lake!
I made the decision to do away with roommates and I found the perfect place to try this whole living alone thing out.
I have a two bedroom place in a 4-plex up in the avenues. Now the place is a bit old and has some wear and tear but it has a lot of charm and potential! I am just in love with it.
I'm having a hard time figuring out how to make the most of the space though. Perhaps I'll put some pictures up and you lovely people can tell me what you think and maybe give me some thoughts on what to do with it...

Second order of business: Unwanted weeding.
I feel like every year I go through a period of losing people that I was close to. Not in a physical sense but in an emotional one. I feel like it's always out of my control and it's a hard thing for me. Well, I've just been through it again but this time there was something different about it. I think maybe I'm finally starting to grow up because in the recent dilemma I did my best to stand my ground and accepted the situation for what it is. I had to let this person go, they needed to figure life for themself and I needed to let go in order to remain my true self. What I've taken from this experience is that you have to let some things fall apart in order to allow other things to build up and grow. Life is just like a washboard sometimes- you have to wash some stains away sometimes to see things for what they truly are.


Well, that's enough rambling for today.

so it goes

Oh hello, yes I'm still alive.

Little update:

I've recently managed to get an amazing nanny job which takes up 78% of my time and the rest of the 22% is pretty much dedicated to sleeping and eating. I'm planning on staying with this job for at least a year and I thought maybe next summer I'd venture off traveling anywhere and everywhere for a couple months. I'm going to see about going back to school-I think I'm just going to go to slcc while I'm here and take some creative writing and dance classes and whatever else sparks an interest.

So, I've had an off week- within the last few days I've managed to...

*run into the corner of a friend's kitchen cabinet resulting in a pretty nice gash on my head (actually really funny)
*smash my ipod in the center console of my car, completely ruining the screen
*shrink my new dress that I've only gotten to wear once

I sure feel intelligent after all of that...

I stole my roommate's copy of slaughterhouse five and started reading it today while I was waiting for the nice men at firestone to change my oil. I read it in high school but remember maybe 2% of it- only getting 45 pages in I already completely regret skimming through it so fast in Mrs. Christ's class. (Yes her name really was Christ)

Anyways here's a part I really really liked...

"The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, so it is very silly for people to cry at his funeral. All moments, past, present and future, always have existed, always will exist. The Tralfamadorians can look at all the different moments just that way we can look at a stretch of the Rocky Mountains, for instance. They can see how permanent all the moments are, and they can look at any moment that interests them. It is just an illusion we have here on Earth that one moment follows another one, like beads on a string, and that once a moment is gone it is gone forever.
When a Tralfamadorian sees a corpse, all he thinks is that the dead person is in bad condition in the particular moment, but that the same person is just fine in plenty of other moments. Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I simply shrug and say what the Tralfamadorians say about dead people, which is 'So it goes.'”

soulmates

femme fatale mood

Kylie showed me this video today and now we want to look like Edie all the time.

I'm so glad to be back in Utah.

I wish I was asleep.

thanks for the adventure.

UP has become one of my family's favorite movies for SO many reasons.

I was so happy to see it win for best original score. My brother and I saw it for the first time late one night and I remember we were just both blown away by all of the incredible music in the movie.

My favorite part about UP winning tonight was Michael Giacchino's speech:

“Thank you, guys. When I was… I was nine and I asked my dad, “Can I have your movie camera? That old, wind-up 8 millimeter camera that was in your drawer?” And he goes, “Sure, take it.” And I took it and I started making movies with it and I started being as creative as I could, and never once in my life did my parents ever say, “What you’re doing is a waste of time.” Never. And I grew up, I had teachers, I had colleagues, I had people that I worked with all through my life who always told me what you’re doing is not a waste of time. So that was normal to me that it was OK to do that. I know there are kids out there that don’t have that support system so if you’re out there and you’re listening, listen to me: If you want to be creative, get out there and do it. It’s not a waste of time. Do it. OK? Thank you. Thank you.”